chalcedony
noun
a microcrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, often milky or grayish.
chalcedonous
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a word derived from
chalcedony.
Example Sentences
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At Cartaret’s left, above the walls, the turrets and towers of the Gothic castle, rose the sheer front of that sheer chalcedonous peak.
From The Azure Rose A Novel by Reginald Wright Kauffman
Behind rose the frowning castle, a maze of parapets and towers, built against that naked, snow-capped, chalcedonous peak.
From The Azure Rose A Novel by Reginald Wright Kauffman
